Indian stone-curlew
| Indian stone-curlew | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Burhinidae |
| Genus: | Burhinus |
| Species: | B. indicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Burhinus indicus (Salvadori, 1865) | |
The Indian stone-curlew or Indian thick-knee (Burhinus indicus) is a species of bird in the family Burhinidae. It is found from India and Sri Lanka to Indochina, and winters to Africa and Arabia. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the Eurasian stone-curlew.
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Camouflaged stone-curlew in Hyderabad, India
References
- Rasmussen, P.C., and J.C. Anderton. 2005. Birds of South Asia. The Ripley guide. Volume 2: attributes and status. Smithsonian Institution and Lynx Edicions, Washington D.C. and Barcelona